Barney Kessel - 1956 - Kessel Plays Standards

Tracklist: 

1. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 2:45

2. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:26

3. "On a Slow Boat to China" (Frank Loesser) - 3:18

4. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:20

5. "My Old Flame" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) - 3:39

6. "Jeepers Creepers" (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) - 3:51

7. "Barney's Blues" (Barney Kessel) - 3:00

8. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) - 3:13

9. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:10

10. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 2:53

11. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:57

12. "64 Bars on Wilshire" (Kessel) - 3:17

Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles on June 4, 1954 (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 9), July 1, 1954 (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 12) and September 12, 1955 (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11).

Barney Kessel - guitar

Bob Cooper - tenor saxophone, oboe

Claude Williamson (tracks 1–4, 7–9 & 12), Hampton Hawes (tracks 6, 10 & 11) - piano

Monty Budwig (tracks 1–4, 7–9 & 12), Red Mitchell (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11) - bass

Shelly Manne (tracks 1–4, 7–9 & 12), Chuck Thompson (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11) - drums